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tharbin
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Welcome to R2R! People move tanks every day. It is not necessarily easy but it is very doable. As stated above, gets lots of buckets and tubs, enough to hold all of the fish and corals (not in the same bin) with some spare room. Rocks can be put into a plastic tub or plastic garbage can. Keep the rocks moist if possible either with water over them if there aren't too many or you can wrap each of them in wet newspaper for a short trip. Brute trash cans in either 20gal, 32gal or 40gal are a favorite in the reefing community as they are also commonly used for RODI or saltwater storage and mixing. Try to take it easy to not knock things around too much. If it is only one hour you probably do not need to aerate or worry about the temp falling/rising too much but try to keep the fish/corals close to the temp they are currently. You can convert just about any tank to a sump, in fact if it is a standard size tank there may even be conversion baffle kits made to fit it.
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Welcome! I moved a 90 gal with stand 2 hours away in the back of an 04 Toyota 4Runner. You got this.
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Hello and Welcome to R2R! When I bought my used 180g I had several containers, that from the inverter in my truck, I had two air stones and two heaters running. I had this running for about 6 hrs until I could switch over to household power. I had two smaller tanks that I put in livestock and rock. It took me a few months to build the stand and canopy until I could bet the 180 back up and running. I do have a sump and I feel that is the way to go.
ChrisfromBrick
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Welcome. A flat bed pickup truck or a you can rent a truck from home depot if you cant find one. I'd get three men and leave the sand bed completely in tact an an inch of water to keep the beneficials alive. Everything else obvi comes out and in buckets with lids. Live rock goes in buckets dry and can go days without dying. Make sure there are multiple blankets under the tank when you place it in the truck. As soft as you can make it. Trucks can get pretty bumpy.
What do you mean by convert to a sump? Are you going to drill the 75 and put an overflow on it? Its not hard and they have kits that make it pretty easy. DO get a sump or make a sump and keep your equipment in it. You will not regret it.
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I did this a few years ago. In the winter in the midwest. Used many buckets and a brute can so save as much as the water as possible. I used a cannister filter instead of HOB and it worked great. There was a mini cycle that happened after the move so watch parameters closely. If you have a quarantine tank, use that for the fish and corals and let tank get back to normal. Best of luck and let us know how it worked for ya.
Extremeengineer
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Given this is 6 weeks old, and the OP has never made another post, I wonder if we should classify them in the <1yr. in the how long do people stay in the hobby poll. @arutlosjr11 are you with us 
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They do make air pumps that can be plugged into a 12v car outlet. May not be the worst idea to grab one of those online to help keep your water oxygenated during the trip.
Good luck, have fun, and welcome to the best place for help with reef tanks!
